Admission Open for the Certificate in Nursing Program

Applications
are invited for the Certificate in Nursing Program for Academic Year:
August 2013 from eligible candidates.

Eligibility for Admission:

1.SLC- Minimum second division
with Math, Science, and English or equivalent degree

2.Pass in Entrance Examination
and followed by Interview

Application Form Submission Process and Deadline

The applicant must download
the application form from www.dhulikhelhospital.org
and completed application form along with the photocopies of the mark sheet
and character certificate of S.L.C, citizenship certificate and bank voucher worth NRs.500/-
(non-refundable) of Nepal Investment
Bank, deposited in the name of KUSMS Saving Account Number: 005030017934
(cash is not acceptable) submit to the Dean's office, School of Medical
Sciences, Dhulikhel Hospital, Dhulikhel during office days from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM on or before July 19, 2013. Deposit can be made through
any branches of Nepal Investment Bank.

Graduation Ceremony 2013 Of MEEPE-EnPe Fellowship Program

isms | 03 July, 2013 09:07

Graduation Ceremony 2013

Of

MEEPE-EnPe
Fellowship Program

The students of Masters
of Engineering in Electrical Power Engineering (batch 2011-13) under Energy and
Petroleum (EnPe) Fellowship Program received their Provisional Certificate of
Degree in the Fifth Graduation Ceremony organized by Kathmandu University (KU)
on 2nd July 2013 at the C.V. Raman Auditorium, KU. Vice Chancellor
of KU, Prof. Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju
Shrestha, awarded the degrees to the students. On his congratulatory speech,
he wished the graduating students a very successful future. He inspired to utilize
their knowledge for the welfare of the community and gave guidance to the
School of Engineering to bring out further more success stories. On this
auspicious occasion, Founder Vice
Chancellor of KU, Prof. Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma was the Chief Guest. Along
with his recollections from KU-NTNU-NORAD cooperation, Prof. Sharma appreciated
the significant contributions NTNU and NORAD had made for KU. He congratulated
the graduating students and wished them bright future. Besides that, he also
distributed momentos to the key contributors of MEEPE program. On this
felicitation program, Mr. Brijesh
Adhikary, the MEEPE program
coordinator, briefed the short history and the future course of MEEPE
program. Dr. Rita Kumar, Institutional Contact Person (ICP) from NTNU,
congratulated and inspired the graduates. She highlighted on the success of KU
– NTNU collaboration and the mutual benefits garnered by both the institutions.
Mr. Halsten Aastebol, Senior Engineer and program coordinator from NTNU
also expressed his satisfaction on the success of MEEPE and commitment of KU to
continue it. Mr. Hitendra Dev Shakya, one of the distinguished alumni of
MEEPE program, currently working as the Director at Nepal Electricity Authority
shared his experiences as a student at KU and vowed his support for the success
of the program in the future too. Finally, Prof. Dr. Bhola Thapa, the
registrar of KU expressed his gratitude to every stakeholder bringing MEEPE
program to its success and concluded his valedictory notes with commitment for enhancing
the quality of education and research capability of KU.

In this program, Founder
Registrar Prof. Dr. Sitaram Adhikary, KU dignitaries, Deans, Directors, Heads
and Coordinators of various Departments, alumni, faculty, staff members of KU,
MEEPE graduates and their families were also present. Asst. Prof. Diwakar
Bhujel was the Master of Ceremony for this ceremony.

The Department of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering has also made recently a call for
admission for its new cohort 2013-2015. Asst. Prof. Diwakar Bhujel has been
appointed the new program coordinator for the new cohort.

Swimming Pool at Principal Campus, Dhulikhel

isms | 01 July, 2013 10:06

KU-Centre for Educational Design
(CED) has demonstrated some drawing layout of Swimming Pool at the principal
campus, Dhulikhel. The ground breaking ceremony has held on Wednesday 12 June,
2013. KU has been moving ahead with the motto of becoming student friendly
university for its internationalization process. As per KU master plan, the
pool will be an extra asset for attracting students at the University. Nepal
Army personnel will cooperate for lands management of the area. It is expected
to complete the construction of the pool within this year.

Interaction with Professor Dr. Lubmic Bic from University of California Irvine, USA

isms | 01 July, 2013 08:50

Professor Dr. Lubomic Bic from
University of California Irvine, USA, visited Department of Computer Science
and Engineering, Kathmandu University on June 25, 2013. Professor
also delivered a guest lecture on “Self-migrating Computation”. Graduate
students from Master of Engineering and Master of Technology including faculty
members attended his lecture. Before presentation, he also had a discussion
with faculty members of DoCSE regarding the research activities at DoCSE.

Vicki
Caravias, blended learning expert from Swinburne University, Melbourne,
Australia presented on “E-learning system, its opportunity and challenges and
strategic plan: A case study of Swinburne University” in Department of Computer
Science and Engineering (DoCSE) on June 27, 2013.

After
presentation, there was an interaction with faculties for possible
collaboration on mutual interest areas. Vicki has also shown interest to
contribute in the E-learning center during her visit to Nepal in coming days.

Profile:

Vicki Caravias has several years experience
developing and transforming printed learning materials into eLearning
resources. From 2002 through to 2012, Vicki Caravias has been an eLearning
Coordinator for both Swinburne College and TAFE School of Engineering.

His Excellency Jayant Prasad Visited School of Arts

isms | 30 June, 2013 08:42

His Excellency Jayant
Prasad, Ambassador of India to Nepal, paid a gracious visit to Kathmandu
University, School of Arts, Hattiban, Lalitpur on 26 June 2013 to observe the
site and discuss with the KU officials about proposed Mahatma Gandhi Studies
Centre at KU.

Prof. Dr. Jangab Chauhan,
Acting Dean and Head of Department of Languages and Mass Communication, School
of Arts, welcomed the Ambassador and highlighted on the purpose of His
Excellency's visit.

Addressing the program,
Vice Chancellor of KU Prof. Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha said that it would
be the happiest moment for him when the Centre will come up with its full
function. He assured that KU is committed to provide quality education and the
proposed Gandhi Centre would be the Centre of Excellence in this regard. He anticipated
that the Embassy will fix time frame for searching human and other resources.

Responding to the
proposal, His Excellency Jayant Prasad expressed gratitude for the initiation
taken by the University. His Excellency also appreciated satisfaction over KU's
commitments, promising faculties and available resources. Adding further, he expressed
his eagerness to see the Centre at KU disseminating the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi
to the global community.

Mr. Daman Nath Dhungana,
Chairman of Board of Trustees of KU explained the significance of Gandhi's
thoughts in social, cultural and political context. He added that the University
will be indebted to the Government of India particularly the Indian Embassy of
Kathmandu for supporting the Centre in the name of the 'Global Icon of Peace-
Mahatma Gandhi'.

Founder Vice Chancellor
Prof. Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma recalled earlier days when KU was launching several
programs associated with the Lord Buddha and the Confucius of China. He said, "Now, this is the high time to establish
Mahatma Gandhi Studies Centre at KU where people can get opportunity to study about
the great Leader of Peace in the world". Dr. Sharma expressed his trust
that the opening of the centre would be a serious beginning.

Admission announcement for Bachelor in Media Studies

The program is conducted at
School of Arts, Kathmandu University, Hattiban, Lalitpur.

Duration:
4 years

Eligibility: 10+2
or equivalent degree in any discipline from a recognized institution with at
least second division (45%) marks.

Application form,
admission brochure and sample questions can be obtained after 7 July 2013 from School of Arts, Kathmandu
University, Hattiban, Lalitpur (between 10 am to 3pm on working days), with a
payment of Rs. 1000.00
(non-refundable). Application form can also be downloaded from
http://www.ku.edu.np/media/admissionform

Interaction with Prof. Dr. Usha Rani Vyasulu Reddy

isms | 25 June, 2013 09:34

On 12th June, 2013, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, School of Engineering, Kathmandu University organized a talk
program in which Prof. (Ms.) Usha Rani Vyasulu Reddy, Ph.D., an ICT for
Development Consultant, UNAPCICT, delivered a talk on “Technology and Society- Young People as Change Makers” at
Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal.

Prof. Reddy elaborated the nature of
the ICT sector of Nepal and said that the economy of a country benefits from
ICT in 2 ways:

–As ICT user (ICT use increases the
efficiency of production processes)

She explained some real cases where
youth have contributed to solve the problem of the society using ICT as a tool.
These cases are:

·Youth in Action: KopoKopo

·Youth in Action: Small Farmers Rural
Radio

·Youth in Action: Nahrani.com

·Youth in Action: NextDrop

·Youth in Action: Remote Patient Monitoring System

·Youth in Action: What you can do about
E waste

·Youth in Action: Ushahidi

All the faculties and
students of Department of Computer Science and Engineering participated in this
program. At the end of the program, Mr. Manoj Shakya, Department Coordinator
gave vote of thanks and closing remarks saying that the program benefits the
students and motivates them to contribute to the society.

Interaction with Prof. Dr. Kedar Bhakta Mathema

isms | 19 June, 2013 08:31

Former Vice-Chancellor
of Tribhuvan University, Prof. Dr. Kedar Bhakta Mathema visited Kathmandu
University on June 14, 2013 for an interaction event held at mini-auditorium of
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering. Both the students and faculty members from
various departments attended the event.

During the
event, he spoke about his career journey and experience - from being a teaching
assistant in Trichandra Campus to becoming the Vice Chancellor of Tribhuvan
University and his appointment as the Ambassador to Japan, South Korea,
Australia and New Zealand. He also shared several valuable lessons that he has
learned from his tenure while serving in different capacities during his
career. He credited the importance of hard work, passion, respect for people
and perseverance to his successful career.
Those in attendance also got an opportunity to interact with the speaker
by putting forward several queries before the closing of the event.

Call for Expression of Interest

Kathmandu University Technical
Training Center (KUTTC) is an autonomous technical training Centre established
to provide skill oriented training programs to under privileged youths.

KUTTC will run short-term
technical trainings on Automobile, Motorbike, Carpentry, Welding and Machining.

TTC invites Expressions of
Interest from Kathmandu University's staff (permanent and contract staff) interested
and eligible for the post of Instructors.

Post: Instructor

Number: Few

Minimum qualifications required:

Four year Bachelor degree in related engineering/ Technology area and
one year of work experience in related field

OR

Three years diploma in related area along with seven years of
experiences in reputed institution

Note: Selected candidates will be given 3 months refresher training on
relevant subject in Korea, and will have to work at KUTTC as per KUTTC guidelines.

Interested candidates may apply with an application
stating the area of interest, a letter of permission from Head of Department,
CV and copies of relevant academic and citizenship certificates, a copy of
Machine Readable Passport along with two PP size photographs before 23th
June 2013 to: